Thanks for the comments DJ... I also shoot art outdoors sometimes. I like to shoot pastels in direct sunlight. Lots of stuff works well in direct sunlight. It sure is quick and easy that way. But anything that has glass on it will definitely not work outdoors.... and sometimes it's raining and sometimes it's dark. ;-) Again... thanks for the comments. (love your icon picture!)
Rick Lee www.rickleephoto.com (http://www.rickleephoto.com)
Originally posted by djstar:
Really good little page.
I lived with a photographer for 12 years and got a lot of tips that seem second nature to me but are so difficult if you try to invent the wheel from scratch.
I hate to say it, but I hang myself over my pictures on my patio on a bright but not directly lit day. I learned especially to try to use a zoom under every circumstance if possible because there is so much less distortion.
Accounting for parallax with my little 35mm instant is the hardest part.
Also, I FINALLY figured out what he meant when he told me to click in the middle of the exhale.
So, since I am lucky (read: POOR) enough not to have most of my work framed, I can use my "spread eagle technique" with pretty much success.
I had a professional artist, who was giving her posters away at the workshop today, ask who my photographer was!!!
Fake it til you make it but make it look good if you can.
... And all my rambling aside, I really meant it. I think it is well written, easy to understand and you seem to have covered everything!
A worthy and informative effort.
Bravo
dj*
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